Mark Mardell

now the committee stage is over will the assisted dying bill get stuck in an election quagmire ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

Doubts grow over assisted dying bill safeguards A new amendment seeks to ensure disabled people are protected from abuse. But is it enough?

Could this be the last meeting for the Leadbeater committee ?Final moves as the end draw near www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

Are GPs neutral or not? The royal college’s controversial switch to neutrality on assisted dying The change in position means no bodies representing medical professionals now oppose the legislation

Royal College of GP's accuses @thetimes.com of not present an accurate picture of their move to neutrality on assisted dying
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What people don’t know about Parkinson’s A poem by my fellow Movers and shakers podcast host, Gillian Lacey-Solymar

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Petition: Increase funding for people with Parkinson’s and implement the "Parky Charter" We want the government to take the decisive five steps set out in the Movers and Shakers' "Parky Charter" and to fulfil the Health Secretary’s promises.

We have a new petition calling on the Government to implement the Parky Charter -we need 100,000 signatures to get a debate in Parliament please sign and share petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

You can’t trust opinion polls about assisted dying The public is generally in favour of legalising assisted dying. But different surveys get different results

can we trust opinion polls on assisted dying? yes, no, don't know or not if they are proceeded by a deeply biased statement intended to increase support for one viewpoint www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

Why death is not always the greatest harm In times of conflict and struggle we laud those who put principles and self-determination ahead of mere survival. Why should it be different with assi...

great piece from Sasha Mudd in @prospectmagazine.co.uk - Beneath the objections there often lies something deeper: a belief that life has an intrinsic, absolute value and death is always a harm. I submit neither assumption stands up very well to scrutiny. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

you flatter me but thanks - enjoyed it

I’ll be at the Nuffield Trust’s health summit today, on a panel about ‘end of life care’ including, but not focusing on, assisted dying. I hope to report back @prospectmagazine.co.uk -but you can watch here. events.zoom.us/ev/Ahm9SLEL2... I’m up at 4 pm but there’s lots of good stuff before then.

Assisted dying bill: Leadbeater backs some safeguards The bill’s author has offered her support for two amendments from Labour MPs who voted against it

Leadbeater offers an olive branch to critics www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

Next week we'll hear from @crystaloldman.bsky.social, @sarahscobie.bsky.social, Dr Naomi Richards, @markmardell.bsky.social and Prof Libby Sallnow about the complex and often challenging landscape of end of life care. #NTSummit

Sign up to watch our Summit livestream here: buff.ly/3EMgXuR

Assisted dying bill: what’s the point of all these amendments? Opponents of the bill are debating at length amendments that they know will be defeated. There’s a reason for this

are opponents of the Leadebeater bill really trying to improve it - or just creating attack points for the media ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

Is the assisted dying bill really in danger? Kim Leadbeater’s plans to drop the High Court judge sign-off has prompted rumours the bill is on the brink of defeat

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Kim Leadbeater tables amendments to the assisted dying bill The proposals on how doctors advise and assess patients include mandatory training on identifying coercion

Proposals to limit what doctors can say about assisted dying -or should that be 'expand what they should say" ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

Breaking news on assisted dying -Kim Leadbeater has tabled amendments which would tighten rules about what doctors say and do. including " doctors cannot raise in isolation the provision of assistance to die, but must set out any treatment .. available" Interested to know what critics think.

I dont see that I was lied to -

The merry death machine -the roller coaster designed to kill is plainly provocative but what is the artist trying to say ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

yep - an article corrected although not running with the dog pack

I am sorry I have apparently offended you - I am unsure what I am meant to have dunked you in -I was merely pointing out your words weren't in line with Sir Roger's request. And no reason they should be. But then, I'm not a snark, but a boojum, you see.

No sure. It isn't wrong to point this out. apologies if I implied it was. I was writing about both the tone and the intention,

thanks -apologies and that is ver helpful

fair enough -I was apparently misinformed or misunderstood -where is his proposd list

Could Danny Kruger wreck the assisted dying bill? The Conservative MP is opposed to assisted dying in principle. But he says his goal is to make Kim Leadbeater’s bill as safe as possible

Is Danny Kruger trying to wreck the assisted dying bill just as the committee meets for the first time ?
Leadbeater's supporters feel he's not a team player www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

this is both a 'new readers start here' piece and an attempt to forge a new way of writing-in praise of subjectivity as an aid to objective reporting.https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good-death/69017/how-reporting-on-assisted-dying-has-changed-my-views

Can anyone be objective about assisted dying? The Nuffield Trust thinktank is researching the impact of assisted dying while remaining neutral on whether it should be legalised

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Will 2025 be the year of assisted dying? It seems that medically assisted dying will be made legal in more jurisdictions in 2025. So why now?

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Assisted dying: is our palliative care system too conservative? Professor Sam Ahmedzai is an expert in end-of-life care—and thinks the British practice is stuck in the past

As MP’s laud palliative care top prof tells @prospectmagazine.co.uk he ‘despairs’ that the Maskell committee will end up pressuring the govt into giving more cash when it is ‘resistant to change’ and needs a radical shake up. Heritic or prophet ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

Will assisted dying divert funding from palliative care? Dr Natasha Wiggins, an expert in end-of-life care, is worried that rhetoric surrounding the bill will encourage fears about dying in agony

‘I get asked regularly to kill people. Patients ask me all the time: “Please, can you kill me? Please, can you end my life? I’m sure you do it secretly, come on.” Read palliative care expert @drnwiggins.bsky.social answer in @prospectmagazine.co.uk t www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...